Susan M. McKay (1865 - 1928)

Born 1865 in St. Thomas, Ontario

Died 2 May 1928 at about age 63 in York, Ontario

Biography

1891 Canada Census

Susan McKay and the McKay family lived in St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario in an 11-room, 2-story brick house.^[1]. All family members born in Ontario. The deceased father of the children was born in Scotland. All family members are Presbyterian.

Family members were:

• Susan McKay, Female, Age: 66, Est. Birth Year: 1825, Widowed, father born in the United States, mother born in Ontario.
• William McKay, Male, Son, Age: 41, Est. Birth Year: 1850, Single, Physician.
• Eliza McKay, Female, Daughter, Age 39, Single.
• Kenneth W. McKay, Male, Son, Age 28, County Clerk, Single.
• Susan M. McKay, Female, Daughter, Age 26, Single.^[2]

1928 Death

Name: Susan McKay

Death Date: 02 May 1928

Event Place: York, Ontario, Canada

Residence: 124 Bedford Rd.

Marital Status: Single

Gender: Female

Age: 63

Birthplace: St Thomas Ontario

Father’s Name: Wm Mckay, born in Stratford, Ontario

Mother’s Name: Susan Sells, born in Ontario

Informant: Scott McKay, St. Thomas, Ontario, Nephew

Burial: St. Thomas, Ontario, May 3, 1928

Name of Undertaker: F. W. Matthews Co, 665 Spadina Ave.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Residential dwellings were described in this census using letters and numbers such as “S2/6” for a stone house, two stories, six rooms or “W ½” for a wooden house, one story, two rooms.
2. ↑ Census 1891, Province: Ontario, District Name: Elgin East, District Number: 60, Sub-District Number: E, Division Number: 1, Family Number: 216, Page Number: 40-41, Microfilm: T-6333, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 1370122, http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1370122, Library and Archives, Canada, accessed September 25, 2015.
3. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKW2-YM9 : accessed 25 September 2015), Susan Mckay, 02 May 1928; citing York, Ontario, Canada, 3637, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,148,993, Digital Folder Number 4000401, Image Number 00920.